Impacts of Clean Water Restoration Act

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock

The Clean Water Restoration Act has moved out of the Congressional Environment and Public Works Committee and is expected to go to the Senate soon, and Andrew Walmsley with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation says that the proposed additions and replacements of language could be potentially problematic for producers.

Boyd Speaks to Peanut Growers

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

The Southern Peanut Growers Conference continued today at Panama City Beach as one of the guest speakers was Congressman Alan Boyd from Florida. Tyron Spearman was at the event and provides these two reports… Hear more from Congressman Boyd via an interview he did with Randall Weiseman at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference:

House Passes Ag Appropriations Bill

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia

The U.S. House has passed the agriculture appropriations bill by a vote of 266 to 160. The bill – as passed – will increase spending by nearly 11-percent over fiscal year 2009 to 22.9-billion dollars – with the bulk of the increase going to USDA’s Women, Infants and Children feeding program, the Food and Drug Administration and international food aid.